At Gu Chang-i Hospital, it’s still the hallway sounds that reach you first.
It was the last day of my business trip to Singapore.
I crossed over toward Changi in the late afternoon.
Being near the airport, the traffic never stopped.
The roads were clean, and the street trees were trimmed.
When I brought up Old Changi Hospital, the driver immediately lifted his head.
“Old Changi Hospital?”
In Singapore, when people talk about haunted places, this one almost always comes up first.
It’s empty now.
A British military base building from the 1930s.
It was used as a military hospital during the war, then vacated in 1997 when operations moved to Changi General Hospital.
Official records mention high ceilings, large openings, and long external corridors.

A staged image generated by AI.
What people say is simple.
A child’s laughter was heard from the end of the corridor.
Someone was standing inside an empty ward.
A woman in a nurse’s uniform walked by holding a child.
A soldier-like figure stood in the hallway.
When you take a photo of the window, a dark figure appears inside.
The Straits Times also described this hospital as the most notorious medical facility in Singapore.
A soldier figure, a nurse holding a child, a child sitting down.
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